Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1964

The 1964 Tower Hamlets Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.^[1]

Background

These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, Metropolitan Borough of Poplar and Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Tower Hamlets by the London Government Act 1963.

A total of 115 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. 6 seats in two wards went unopposed. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Liberal and Conservative parties stood 19 and 17 respectively. Other candidates included 13 Communists, 2 Residents, 2 Union Movement, 1 Independent and 1 Independent Labour Party. There were 14 three-seat wards, 3 four-seat wards and 3 two-seat wards.

This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 10 aldermen.

The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.

Election result

The results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 50 after winning 55 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 16.9%. This turnout included 197 postal votes.

Ward results

Bethnal Green Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,066	17.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,244	18.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bethnal Green West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,188	19.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bow North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			666	13.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bow South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,282	18.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bromley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,085	15.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Holy Trinity (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,288	16.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Limehouse (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,302	14.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Poplar East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,279	19.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Poplar Millwall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,933	33.7
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Poplar South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			946	17.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Poplar West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,114	14.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Redcoat (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			863	12.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Dunstan's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			854	13.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Katherine's (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,274	15.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Mary's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,394	24.6
	Communist win (new seat)
	Communist win (new seat)
	Communist win (new seat)

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			987	12.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Spitalfields (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Turnout			1,363	15.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

↑ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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See also: London-wide elections Wards Boundary changes

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